Julia Zahra - Just an illusion | Beste Zangers 2015
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Dit seizoen in De Beste Zangers van Nederland: Do, Anouk Maas, Julia Zahra, Martin Buitenhuis, Jan Keizer, Lange Frans en Frans Duijts. - Zábava
If you still listening to this in 2024, trust me you got good music taste. Never get old, still the best❤💯❤🔥🙏
Listen to it all the time love this song🩷
O ya
Super super cool❤️❤️❤️👋
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Mizo in aw! Kan tam awm em Mai😁 Nalh lutuk.... This song really touched my heart ........just an illusion 😭😭🤪
Mizo♥️
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Mizo verson awm se
Mizo
🆃🆄🅻 🅻🅾 🆂🅸🅰
My dad passed December 2021 from cancer. He always used to play it every day on repeat. Dedicated it to my mom and told her don’t cry when he’s gone it’s just an illusion. RIP Dad❤
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I cn feel it.. Newys be strong
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What a lovely man xl, sorry for your loss x❤
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[Verse 1]
I've been told 'bout living like a star
Hotel Rich, champagne and caviar
But no one ever showed me the reverse
And that really hurts, babe, it really hurts
They try to sell your body and your soul
It's the price you pay for rock'n roll
And no one understands it, how you feel
For it's so unreal, oh, it's so unreal
[Chorus]
Baby, don't you cry for me
It's an illusion, just an illusion
I thought I knew what life should be
It's an illusion, just an illusion
[Verse 2]
When critics crucify your latest show
Another drink and then you lose control
But then on stage, I feel a fire burn
There is no return; I'm always on the run
I give it to you, babe, with all my heart
For it's not too late, baby, it's not too late
[Chorus]
Baby don't you cry for me
It's an illusion, just an illusion
I thought I knew what life should be
It's an illusion, just an illusion
Good job buddy
Wow beautiful
Wow voice😘
Jesus loves us all that's why he died for our sins.
@@mamahnialum410 Jesus loves us all that's why he died for our sins.
That drummer is in heaven, oh boy.
That's the drummer you want having your back.
Anyone listening in 2024..
May God bless you immensely 😊
This is so much better than the original cover. Love her voice. Such a beautiful & natural voice. Yes im still listening to this song on the 12 May 2024. Love it!
This was my bro's favorite song which he always sings.he left for heaven on 22nd may 2021. I hear his voice Everytime I listen this song. Thanks for the sweet memory
Rest in peace🤗 keep stronger🤗
RIP be strong bro....
Hope you doing well. 🖤
By God's grace,I'm doing well
@@sailormoonsaya2988 please be well. 😇🖤
Julia zahra hian avan thiam tak....Ka feel veng veng mai...ngaithla in la awm ve em😘😥😥
Imm
U Mapuii, mamawia nu i ni chiang
Heipon ka hla duh ber te zing a mi
@@lalthanhawlaoffisial5050 àl Kim
@@ramtearamtea6570 rErik
It's been 6 years that I keep coming back to this version. I only have the following comments; listening to it brings back nostalgic memory, it's all-consuming and the singer (visually, musically, emotionally and with soul brings out the true interpretation of the lyrics of the song). Poetry in music!!!
Toch wel een van de beste nummers van bzn. Denk persoonlijk dat anny wel de meeste mooie nummers gezongen heeft.
NO ONE sings "It's an illusion" as good as Julia Zahra.
Yes that true
@@user-hp4rf8dn2u She not only pretty, she is a very humble person too.
Annie Schilder....
Look at the original song... better 😉
Original is by Annie Schidler from the Dutch group BZN. If you listen to Annie singing, you will not listen to anyone else.
2024... Anyone listening to this song😢😢😢
. Here🙋😀
Of course 😊
Me
this is perfection at its best.everything is in harmony including the man behind the cameras.he has captured every moment/emotions.
Apakah 2023 ada yang masi mendengar lagu ini 🤙🥰
My mom likes this song and this deserves a 100/100 love from 🇰🇮Kiribati🇰🇮
The drummer be like
'' I'm so proud of this girl''
Warms my heart💓
❤love all your songs.Fiji fan.God bless
Her voice is natural and absolutely beautiful 🤩 That's what a real music artist sounds like 👌💯
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Nice
Nia😂
I love this song🥰
Sie fühlt dieses Lied
she got an angel's voice..
2021 thleng pawn analh dan la ngai reng ni hi.. Ka va han duh chiang em a satu leh a hla hi..🤗🤗😘😘😘
If you still listening to this in 2023, trust me you got good music taste. 👏
This song always makes me cry because I heard it 1st time when I say goodbye to my grandparents. Love from PNG
Ka feel vawng vawng..👍
I can feel it..🥺 her voice was so beautiful
analh chiang kuang e lom
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Ooo
M.
@@jafamily7171 nalh lomm
Just An illusion - Lyrics
I've been told 'bout living like a star.
Hotel rich, champagne and caviar.
But no one ever showed me the reverse,......
And that really hurts, baby, it really hurts.
They try to sell your body and your soul.
It's the price you pay for rock'n'roll.
And no one understands it, how you feel.
For it's so unreal, oh, it's so unreal.
Baby, don't you cry for me
It's an illusion, just an illusion,.....
I thought I knew what life should be,
It's an illusion, just an illusion.
When critics crucify your latest show.
Another drink and then you lose control.
And then on stage I feel a fire burn.
There is no return, I'm always on the run.
I give it to you, babe, with all my heart.
For it's not too late, baby, it's not too late.
Baby don't you cry for me.
It's an illusion, just an illusion,.......
I thought I knew what life should be.
It's an illusion, just an illusion.
Baby don't you cry for me.
It's an illusion, just an illusion,......
I thought I knew what life should be.
It's an illusion, just an illusion.
Thanks I got all the words that I was not sure off.
Thnks
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Thank you so much for lyrics
This song is my friend Emma Mason s fave and was always blasting on tv or other. Now Emma has passed away and the void is so painful so I play this to remind me of her and it makes me smile. Gema hx
I leave this comment and if someone like i"ll be noticed and came back to this masterpiece legend song
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This song is deep and really touch my heart whenever I heard it 😔💯..Her voice is something else,..
Love from 🇵🇬
Love from New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤ 😍 I love this song 🎵 ❤ ♥ 💕 💜 💖 🎵 ❤ ♥ 💕
Me too I'm emotionally 😭 I love this song ❤️
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I love her VOICE too beautiful
Omg this gives me goosebumps everytime i listen, my friend is dieing of cancer, she has lived with so much trauma and is going out with trauma, such a beautiful song, made me cry for her 💔😢
Hello Lani how are you doing?
@@barrymarcus9874 Kia ora, I'm ok thank u.
I really hope this song could some of your friend's pain! You are so kind to play this for her, in order to try and survive! Admire you!!
Kia ora, from Waikato & Waitomo.
I was wondering what kind of personality your friend has.
I am a very caring person. Sometimes I can't believe how many shocking things have happened in my life.
I was diagnosed with cancer 9 months ago and have had lots of treatments and 2 minor operations. One thing about knowing, or even thinking you might die, is that you get your priorities right.
You know who your friends are - you are in an honoured position and will grow a lot with the way you love ❤️ your friend.
Caring a lot about people brings a lot of pain and suffering. But life is usually deep, enriched and blessed.
Its almost 2023 and I came back to listen to this masterpiece ❤
Mätz 2024 und ich liebe dieses Lied immer noch täglich 😊
I am blowing to my youth; already at 14 year i loved this song by BZN; now again this song touched me positive and deep; give s me great feeling of joy and relax rock and roll; thanks to the great and beautiful voice of this singer, super!!!
This is the best cover version that I have heard, so far --- this is GOLD. The original version by BZN is.... DIAMOND.
She is actually singing it here to the front man of that band, the man in the white shirt (Jan Keizer). The idea of this show is that singers perform each other's songs (or songs that are important to them) in honor of the other artist. I love seeing his emotional reaction.
This song touches my deeply heart.
Well done.Beautiful and emotional performance. Lovely soothing voice.
gewoon weg zalig!! Een buur van mij heeft me deze laten horen en ze zegd' baby don't you cry' maar ik vind het zo mooi dat ik oprecht wel waterige oogjes heb ervan in de positieve zin natuurlijk, echt super, had ik deze maar 7 jaar geleden al gehoord, zal deze voor altijd koesteren hoor, echt super dit!
Me too heard from a friend of mine and it touches me alot
I remember my Swiss friend when he came to Indonesia, every night I always open this song. But now it's separated somewhere. So every time I open this song, I definitely remember him.I hope he is fine there, and hopefully we can meet again.😘😘
I fell in love with this song ever. She's the greatest gift from god
Freddie Mercury
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Which god?
@@zhozhelierahul9567 satan
Yaaaa😄😄😄😄😄
Some days, some time, we all need to listen to this song
She touched my heart 😢, beautiful voice in a beautiful girl.❤
I love the reaction from the drummer when Julia started singing!
Story of my life...We Samoans live a life where we must ALWAYS keep up appearances...Luv this song nd WHAT a BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!
Mn kleine wonder John west
John west
Jaime dia de formatura
Kim
Jaime dia de formatura
It is the first time ,I have heard you sing.Lady,you are not an Illuson,you are fantastic.
Listening from Kenya!
I discovered this cover by Julia a couple of days back and must say it’s a smashing.
Her voice is heavenly-indeed angelic-while the back~up vocals and instrumentals are A1!
Julia is also amazingly beautiful.
Hello there in beautiful Kenya!
@@conradquilliam6076 ✋🏾
How beautiful her voice is!!!! It's really a part of music...love from Mizoram...😘😘😘😘
Ori BZN tluk ve tep
Ni reng asin
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What an extraordinary and beautiful voice
This girl really knows how to perform a good song
Jesus loves us all that's why he died for our sins.
I love that's angelic voice ☑️👍👍❤️💖💖💖
Really awesome
@@trspanda2157 Amen
Thumbs up
Im a big fan of Julia Zahra i really love your voice its sophisticated!! Mizo ka nia thats it!❤
The drummer knows what's coming! Love this jam from Aotearoa, New Zealand! 🤙
Kia ora from Mahoenui, near Piopio. Nice song.
Can't stop listening to this song. The voice, lyrics, melody, oh everything about it is just awesome.
thac you
Same here
@@piritangira1867 pp000
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Me too!! I can't stop listening 😭❤️❤️
My fav song. I can’t stop listening this song.
Me too
Wow what a song. Sing by a beautiful woman. It’s way up
My dad passed away very recently, we played this beautiful song for him, he loved her!! x
Mizo 2021 a ngaithla inla awm em?
Awm niang
Awm ve e...🙄
Aw om leu
Awm e.
Ngaithla leh mek.
Brother hampao( T.h tyler) i really missed my highschool and college days that i've spent with you...
If you're reading and listening to this song, i dedicated this to you❤
Dear Stan Walker, My son 2018 August 11th played Three days before he passed suddenly 37 years old played this for me an said, Mum this us, sorry cry every time I listen too, an listen to regular as miss him dearly . But love so much , Bless you for giving hope in your voice , Respect Stan Walker, xxxx❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Agree with all, great song, beautiful strong voice and sang without much effort. She is a natural! I am in the US, about 2 hours from New Orleans, the French Quarter the home of Jazz and Blues.
I've never heard this in the U.S. I heard it for the first time in Bora Bora and it is now my favorite song!
Cuantos aquí en 2023 escuchando esta hermosa canción 😊
Crying my eyes out right now, this song cuts to the soul of me.
Blijf deze prachtige uitvoering steeds weer afspelen, zo mooi!
Prachtig deze song raakt je. Julia geweldig!!!
Just wandering about in CZcams.. Came across this. Now the song has been on repeat since yesterday. Couldn't get enough of it.💛💙💚 Love from Shillong, India
me too its been on repeat for like 5 hrs
Khiiikkoll
Same here 🙋
eine Stimme, wunderschön, ich kann die Augen schließen und mich in die Musik fallen lassen. Sie ist eine echte Ausnahme.
This Song Really Touched My Heart......Just An Illusin😭😭
Listening from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼...I like the message in this song...it touches so much to us young people...we must be careful of the choices we make or we will live to regret all our lives
A very nice song .I like the message. Listening from French West Indies .Like your comment
Listening from Uganda but I ve failed to get the meaning of the song.
@@mawogolemoses8974 in my understanding it's like things are not always the way they seem to be
@@oppamatamba9127 true
@@marie-michelmaston8207 thank you
I repeated this song like million times, she got a beautiful voice an she's beautiful too.love
He hla hi chu a nalh thlawt👍💖
Comment chu 👇😂
Mizo kan va tam ve 🖐😃
Love it, from India Mizoram 🖐🥰
This is special. One of those captured moments in time. Her voice is so pure and the band are sublime. I go to this clip regularly. Simply beautiful. The Pa el are just captivated and mesmerised. Power of music right there 👌🏽🎤❤️
My last souvenir in BORA BORA ISLAND. We were in a random shop on the island, this song started. Wooow, no words to explain what heaven can't explain. 4 years After, still an unforgetable moment. Thank you Julia Zahra ❤️
Can't stop listening to this song,it stays right in my memories and heart 😭👌💜
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I thought I knew what life should be, but it just an illusion 🥺
Hmm, Julia has done marvellously well with this song and for whatever reason listening to this song brings a kind of sadness with a very pensive way of thinking. Great son indeed and I can listen to it all the time.
Wat Jan Keizer terecht opmerkte, best gezongen lied van die avond. Geweldig.
I am from America and this is the best lyrics and song and voice.. I love it :) Found it and can't stop listening!!
I always come and listen to this song whenever i remember of her. She was the one who suggested this song to me. This songs makes my heart warm everytime i listen and make me miss her even more
this is song make me cry....just to remember, that life is so short
When I was younger I enjoy the song, now I can relate to the lyrics.
Perhaps you will enjoy it even more if you saw the original from 1983 and the meaning of it
czcams.com/video/9idmedIj5pk/video.html
The lead voice is Anny (or Annie) Schilder from the Netherlands. She was the lead singer from '76 to' 84.Tree of the BZN- bandmembers wrote that song, she couldn't cope with" living like a star" and motherhood,(the words babe an baby you also have to take literarly, at the time of the song she had a 10 month old baby) and just one year later she left the band to look after her daughter.,,, She said " the moment that your daughter says " mom " to your sister then you know it's time"
Me too
Chotu, I agree😁
Amazing song I was ignoring to listen to this song on my daughter phone however this is the first time for me to heard and I always repeat and repeat like a hundred times it's so deep and touching and can related to it in your life I love this song it's amazing
Wonderful...u deserves d best....I like it 100%
It's insanity how good this is. It is absolutely incredible. I don't think I heard any flaws.
I always come back to this video. It sounds so relaxed, laidback and her voice is just crystal clear, love it.
Pp
this song is so deep and touching to where you either can relate to it in your life and/or you feel the sincerity of every word. this song can make most people tear up regardless. it's like speaking to your soul. amazing song and singer!
She is aware of this!
very nice song and deep meaning
Ngaw
Love the voice, the lyrics. Man... Oh man
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I spent five hours just listening and enjoying the melodious voice of Julia Zahra, she really animates this song with the strains of a voice that is so beautiful in harmony with her guitar, a very touching message, I really like this song ❤❤
This song hits differently🥺😍💯💔
No wonder this songs blowing up with Polynesian people. The lyrics, instruments nd the way she sings it is SOOOO similiar to our own music. You go Glen Coco!
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@@jimmcdonagh9149 Fijian song
I was ignoring to listen to this song on facebook however this is the first time for me to watch it on youtube and my remarks towards this song is that this is the best song I have ever come across in my whole life.
awww isekeli is fall in loveee
lol
something like that!...cheers!
+Isaac Isoa hahahahahahahahahahahha
hihihhihihihi
Mizo la ngaithla i la awm ve zel em...lung a va han leng ve..keima mai M... ka hrechhuak ziah mai😘
you know I must be honest I've listened to more of your hits today than any other just because you have shaken my love with your beautiful voice … wish I had a girl like you I promise I wish I could have been the one for you honey....I will always keep you in my heart because your songs is my happiest moment of my life they are all about real fact and truth... I can't imagine how you got those lyrics in such a real life format... thank you for the happiness you give ne in your music and performance
I’d like to share our story of this beautiful song/rendition. I feel like my wife and I got to experience this song in a very unique and special way through the eyes of Fijians/Pacific Islanders, and it made this song so much more powerful, impactful, and heartfelt once we realized what it might mean to many Fijians. I could be totally wrong, but I feel like our experience really helped to explain why so many Pacific Islanders love and feel attached to this song. And so when I hear it now, it brings such deep sadness and heartache to me, but yet, it is still so beautiful and powerful.
The story....
When we vacationed in Fiji back in 2016, we had never heard this song before. Not even the original. However, wherever we went, we kept hearing this song being played. In the airport, the stores, the buses, the boats, and eventually on our secluded getaway island. We did not pay much attention to it at all, until one night one of the Island crew members started singing it by the fire. She sang it while a few of the Island crewmen played the instruments. We were so surprised and in aw that we started recording her as she was doing an amazing cover of this song. Everyone applauded her and the crew once they finished. Then we put our phones down and went back to enjoying the beautiful night breeze by the beach side while the crew members went back to serving/busing tables. It was such a serene and magical night for us. My wife and I felt like we were in heaven on earth, and best of all, we had each other’s company to enjoy it all.
A few days later, we packed up and got ready to board the boat back to the main island. We noticed a few crew members leaving with us. They seemed anxious and ready to leave this beautiful island. The ones left behind were giving them well wishes and telling them they would see them soon. Once on the boat back to the main island, the crew members leaving with us put on their headphones and enjoyed their peace and quiet. Eventually, I got a chance to ask one of them how long it had been since they’d been home. She said it’s been about a month since she’s been home to see her children and family. Her husband was also away on an island far away working. He would not be home for a another few weeks either. She shared that see missed her children dearly and was happy to finally be returning home. She also shared that many other people in her family work on islands far away from home for months at a time. This was common for many Fijians.
Once back on the main island, my wife and I continued to hear this song played. Finally, at one point, I got the urge to look up the song. I Shazamed it and got the song title/info then saved it. Once we got back to the states, I finally watched the video we recorded of the crew lady singing the song by the fire. After that, I finally CZcamsd this song and landed on this video. For once, I sat down and really really listened to the lyrics and watched Julia sing it, and it finally hit me like a ton of bricks. This song must be the truest embodiment of the deep deep sadness of so many Pacific Islanders/Fijians who work on these secluded islands so far away from home for months at a time watching these foreigners bask in the paradise sun and lounge around with their loved ones, as they serve them night and day with a big big smile and happy face - but the truth is, it’s only an illusion, just an illusion.
When I listen to this song now, I see the beautiful white sand and crystal clear water of Fiji, and the care-free happy foreigners lounging around with their drinks......but, I feel the the deep deep sorrow of the islanders who miss their loved ones and their home.
Bula to all the beautiful and wonderful Fijian people. May all your dreams and wishes come true!
Thank you for sharing this.
This song always makes me cry 😢
We all dream but it's definitely a allusion beautifully sung by a beautiful yorga
I heard my niece sing this as a Karaoke song, as soon as i started hearing the lyrics, tune & tempo i started crying. My niece gave me the singer’s name and told me to watch this video. Well, I cried again.
Its so beautiful to hear 🥰
Imo, you should also see the original from 1983
czcams.com/video/9idmedIj5pk/video.html because it was autobiografic.
The singer is Anny (or Annie) Schilder from the Netherlands .Tree of the bandmembers wrote that song to Annie's live, she couldn't cope with" living like a star" and motherhood,(the words babe an baby you also have to take literarly, at the time of the song she had a 10 month old baby) and just one year later she left the band to look after her daughter.She once said " the moment that your daughter says * mom* to your sister than you know it't time.
@@joekel55 I remember that song now. I liked it back then too. Thanks for the info & the link.
So nice...it brings tears to me 🌹
Greetings from Malaysia 🌹
When you have lost someone you love so much and have lived the life she is singing about that's when this song will touch you deep within and she sings it to perfection LOVE It ❤
Love this song from Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
this song just makes my day … it is the most favorite of all my hits … Julz you have touched the deepest part of my heart baby girl with your lovely amazing beauty … and performance. I may never be able to explain how deep into my heart you are but I can sure say that you have touched the special part of me that no other girl has ever done before and I must say you are the cream of my heart … I love your songs as much and more about you I care...i will be praying for your future success in all your anticipated desires my girl...hoping one day that my creator will allow us to know each other
This song touches my heart. I wish I could be in one of her shows. This is an amazing talent.
I never was a BZN fan (a band from Volendam, Holland), but hearing this version, I only have one word: WOW!
I love your characteristic voice.
ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE VOICE AND GUITAR PLAYER.
Love, love, love. Very talented singer and beautiful song.
I am sorry no credits for the composers are mentioned. The composers were the Dutch duo Tol & Tol. At that time they were member of the Dutch band BZN. The man on 00:53 is Jan Keijzer, who started BZN and has been leader of the band as long as it existed.